Two bus crashes in Joburg
2006-02-08 10:45
Johannesburg - A double decker bus was wedged into a balcony in downtown Johannesburg's Pan Africa House on Wednesday morning after a crash with a taxi left 12 people injured, emergency services said.
"It (the bus) is stuck in the balcony on the first floor," spokesperson Malcolm Midgley told Sapa.
The bus and taxi collided into the building on the corner of Jeppe and Troye streets, once the scene of a three-floor fire - during early morning traffic, leaving the taxi driver and a shopkeeper opening for the day with broken legs.
The 12 injured people were treated on the scene and one was transported to hospital.
In a second accident on Wednesday morning, thirty one people were injured in a bus crash to the east of the city. A company bus ferrying about 40 people crashed - requiring nine ambulances from ER24, Netcare911 and the provincial service, as well as two fire engines, Midgley said.
The injured were taken to various hospitals in the city.
- SAPA